#8D2837#8D2837

#8D2837 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.135 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D2837
RGB	rgb(141, 40, 55)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 43.36, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 46.07, 19.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.1298 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.135 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4341, 7.4579, 4.3985)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D2837 #288D7E

analogous

#8D2869 #8D2837 #8D4B28

triadic

#8D2837 #378D28 #28378D

tetradic

#8D2837 #698D28 #288D7E #4B288D

square

#8D2837 #698D28 #288D7E #4B288D

split-complementary

#8D2837 #288D4B #28698D

monochromatic

#2E0D12 #5D1A24 #8D2837 #BD364A #D15E6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8D2837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8D2837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D2837

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D2837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D2837	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d2837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 40, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.135 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4696d',
    500: '#8d2837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d2837;
$custom-light: #b4696d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d2837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.089,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43783,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D2837

secondary

#5AB7A9

accent

#DFC949

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D2837

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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